Necktie fastener



Nov. 8, 1932 I i o m-s 1,887,104

NECKTIE FASTENER Fi led Jan 28, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 8, 1932. 1.. R. ROBERTS 1,887,104

NECKTIE FASTENER Filed Jam-28, 193.2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented, Nov: 8,

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEE ROY ROBERTS, OF IiOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWENTY PER CENT T CLARENCE B. ROBERTS, TWENTY PER CENT '10 ANDREW B. WATSON, AND TWENTY PER CENT TO LOUIS M. 'HEUERTZ, ALL OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA NECKTIE FASTENER Application filed January 28, 1932. Serial No. 589,423.

My invention relates to a necktie fastener in which the fastener forms an ornamental gate when closed also operating as a holderfor the necktie at the collar.

' -My' fastener pertains to a type in which the two ends of the necktie are inserted through a ring-like or tubular structure, the rings or the tubes bein used to secure the necktie in position, an with these I provide devices which will secure the holder in a snug position as regards the collar and the neckband of the collar.

In the above type of fastener an object and featureof my inventionis forming a fastener or holder of a tubular or ring-like type in which an ornamental panel may be made in the form of a cameo.

Another object and feature of my invention is the formation of supporting wings which extend laterally from the device for.

binding a tie, these being adapted to fit against the neckband of a collar. In conjunction with these wings I provide a pair of resilient pins which are adapted to engage the points of a down-turned collar. The wings and the pins hold the device in snug position on the collar.

Another detailed feature of my invention is forming the tubular structure somewhat tapered to bind the necktie at a narrow portion of such tie. And a further feature comprises a binding or locking device having a pivoted dog or pawl structure WhlCll may be manipulated device to press into the necktie and thereby secure the tubular holder in position.

Another object and feature of my invention relates to a modification in which instead of a tubular holder for the tie, a series of ring-like devices are formed of wire, there preferably being two more or less distinct rings at the top for the twoparts of the tie passing around the neckband, and a single ring-like element at the bottom for the two ends of the tie. In order to make this device ornamental I secure a panel to the front of the wire structure, which panel may be ornamental.

Another object and feature of my invention is the construction of a fastener in which 50 the tube is provided with a hinged gate at y a finger-operated the back, which gate when opened allows inserting of the two ends of the necktie, the

for the tie. I

' My invention is illustrated in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device applied to a necktie and a collar;

Fi 2 is a. rear elevation of the device in one form; l I

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 4 of'Fig. 5 of a modified construction, showing a wire support for the ties; Fig. 5 is a side elevation taken in the direction of the arrow .5 of Fig. 4;

clamp Fig. 6 is a rear elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is an elevation of a modification of Fig. 7 in the direction of the arrows Fig. is a transverse section on the line 1010 of Figs. 8 or 9;

Fig. 11 is a plan taken in the direction of the arrow 11 of Fig. 8, showing the gate openedfor inserting the ends ofthe tie.

Referring first to the construction of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I employ a tapered tube 11 which is wider at the top portion 12 than at the bottom 13. This device is of a greater diameter on the measurement 14 than on the measurement 15 and thus forms a flat tube preferably of oval cross section. Extending upwardly from the tube at thefront there are a pair of wings 16, these wings being joined in the center part 17 and having a concave upper edge 18. Secured to the center part 0 thewings there are a pair of pins 19, these having pron ends 20 with sharpened points 21, and eachaa'ving a small coil spring 22. There are two pins connected at the center by a center wire 23,'which wire is secured by wire preferably havinga 25.

soldering .or the like as indicated.

A necktie latch or look designated 26 employs a pivot 27 and has a dog or" pawl 28 extending into the tube 11 from the back. A finger gri end 29 slightly bent as indi cated at 30 or engagement by a finger or thumb nail is used to manipulate the dog or pawl. In the gripping relation the finger grip end fits snugly in an ening 31' in the back of the tube and may e readily tilted outwardly to release a necktie. On the front of the tube there is an ornamental panel 32 which may be in the form of a cameo or any other desirable ornamental feature.

In the use of the device, as above mentioned, the necktie has two portions 33, 34,-

points 37 of the collar and thus hold the tube upwardly at the notched portion of the collar as illustrated in Fig. 1. When the device is in place and the tie properly drawn through 1 the tube the clamp 26 is operated to clamp the tube and thus hold the necktie fastener to the necktie.

This also aids in retaining the device in a snug position in referenceto the collar.

In the construction illustrated in-Figs.' 4, 5, and 6, the device for holding the necktie is formed of bent wire and preferably has whatxmay be designated as a pair of upper loops 40 and what may be considered as a. lower single loop 41. In making these loops a single wire is used, the ends being secured at 42. The wires are then bent to form wings.

43, such wings having an upper wire 44 and a lower wire 45 having a reverse bent connection 46. These wires may be considered.

as occupying a vertical plane. From the portions 45' there are two rearwardly bent portions 47 which are nearly horizontal or at right angles to theplane made by the wires 44 and 45. Then there are laterally diverging sections 48, a return bend 49 toward the front, a front portion 50 of the loop, the wire from this front portion extending vertically downwardly as indicated at 51, this being on the front portion of the device. At the bottom of the straight section 51 a loop 41 is formed by an outwardly extending pprtion of the wire 52, this having a reverse nd 53 at the outer side and a return rear pgrtion 54.- There are'then two upwardly nt parts v55 having a return bend 56 at the lhis bent wire by itself when made ofsuf-.

ficiently stifi wire is quite rigid but in order to further strengthen the device I attach a panel plate 57 on the front of the bent wire loops. This panel plate is soldered or welded p to the uppercentral portion 42, 44, 45 of the wings. It is-also' welded to the front portion of the loop 40 which comprises the wires 50, and it is also welded to the vertical wires 51 and to the front wires 52 of the loops 41. Pins designated generally at 58 have sharpened points 59 with a coiled spring 60. There is a horizontal part 61 of these wires which is welded or soldered to the back of the ornamental panel or plate.

In the use of this device the two parts of the necktie which are drawn around the collar band are first passed each through one of the loops 40, which loops have the wires 47 at the center, the portions of the necktie are then drawn downwardly between the frontwires 51 and the rear wires 55, the front wires having also the panel secured thereto, and the loose and free ends are pulled downwardly through the bottom loop 41, this being formed by the wire portions 52, 5 3, and

54. The wings formed of bent wire fit underneath the collar adjacent the neckband. The points of the pins are inserted on the underside of the points of the collar and thus the deviceis held-in asnug position on the collar adjacent the 'neckband with the unlmottednecktie extending through such device. The ornamental panel in the front hides and obscures all of the wires used to form the loops through which the necktie .erts a'pressure on t e necktie and functions somewhat as a latch-or lockfor the tie. The pressure may be relieved for threadlng the tie by engagingthese vertically extendmg wires adjacent their reverse bends and pulling them toward the rear when the necktie is being fitted through the loops.

In the construction of Figs. 7 through 11 I emplo a tapered tube 70 which has a front section hinged gate 73, there .bemg small ears 74 on the ,bixck portion and on the gate through which pintles extend. The gate has a slightly outwardly bent edge .75 forming a finger grip foropening such gate. There is a trans- .verse depression 76, having an internal hum in the back of-the gate in which fits the rec end 77 of a leaf spring 78, the end 7 9 of such spring being fixed to the sides 80 of the tube.

This construction is provlded alsowith an ornamental panel 81 in the front. The

front of the tube has an upwardly extending land a back 72. This back has a y central extension 82 from which there are diverging wings 83. A pair of pins 84 have a common central section 85 welded or soldered as indicated at 86 to the center portion of the front of the tube. The pins are illustrated as having resilient coils 87 and shar 4- ened points 88. In this construction t e retains the tie in position, as illustrated in Fi 9 and 10. g

' arious changes may-be'made in the details of construction without departin from the spirit or sco e of the invention as efined by the appende claims.

I claim: I

1. A- necktie fastener having a ring structure, wings connected thereto at the upper end to extend partly around the neckband ins having of a collar, a pair of resilient ownwardly sharpened points extending from the wings and on opposite sides of the ring, said pins being ada ted to enga the underside of the points 0 a collar, sai rmg being adapted for threading the two ends of anecktie therethrough, means to press against the underside of the tie, and an ornamental panel secured on the front of the ring and covering a portion of the tie.

2. A necktie fastener having a tubular structure with a pair of laterally extending wings at the top, said wings being adapted to fit underneath a down-turned collar a jacent the neckband, the tube being adapted for threading two ends of anecktie therethrough,

- pins secured at the center portion of the wings, said pins having sharpened points to engage the depending points of the collar,

and means to clamp the tie in said tubular structure.

3. A necktie fastener having collar ad'acent the neckband, a pair of pins connecte together and the connected portion being attached to the center portion of the wings, the pins havin points to engage the dependin points of t e collar, the tu e being adapte to accommodate the threaded ends of a necktie, a pivotally mounted clamp in the back of the tube having means to engage the tie and hold the tie in the tube.-

- 4. A necktie fastener as claimed in claim 3, said clamp having a pawl adapted to extend a flattened, tapered tube wider at the top than at the bot-f transversel partly across the tube to en go the tie, an having a finger-o rated en fitting in'a slot in the back ofe tube.

5. A necktie fastener having a flat tapering tube wider at the top than the bottom,

the front side of the tube beinglon er than I the rear side and having a pair of aterally extending wings connected thereto the wings being curved to conform to the neckband-of a collar, a pair of pins having a connecting portion attached to the center part of the pro ecting portion of the tube, said pins being resilient and having sharpened points to enga e on the under side of the points of the col ar, the back of the tube having a slot, a locking device for the tie having a pivotally mounted pawl to extend transversely partly across the tube from the back and' havinga finger grip end to fit in said slot, .with means for engaging same by a fingernail, the tube being adapted to receive the two ends of a necktie threaded therethrough, and the front of the tube having an ornamentalv panel.

6. A necktie fastener having a pair of rings.

in horizontal alignment formed of wire, the

wire extending fromthe center po'rtion of the rings and forming a pair of laterally extending wings, additional wiresd'epending from the rings and forming substantially-a lower ring, a panel secured to the upper and lower rings, the two upper rings being each adapted to receive one end of a necktie threaded therethrough and the lower rin to receive the two ends adapted to fit adjacent the neckband of a collar.

7. A necktie fastener having a structure formed of wire with two parallel upper rings, the wire from the meetin edges'of said rings being bent laterally wit a reverse bend to of the necktie, t e wings being form a pair of laterally extending wings, an-

other Pair of wires from the junction portion 0 the two up er rings extending downwardly and being nt to form substantially a lower ring with an u wardly projecting portion a panel secure to the upper and lower rings and to the downwardly extending wires from the upper rings, the two upper rings bein adapted each to receive the end of a necktie threaded therethrough, and the lower ring being adapted to receive both ends of the necktie, a pair of pins secured to the panel and having points to engage the points of a collar, said wings being adapted to fit adjacent the neckband of a collar.

8. A necktie fastener having a wire bent into a lower substantially horizontal loop with two wires extending upwardly at the back of the loop with a reverse bend and two wires extending upwardly in the front of the loop a pair of rings formed by the two .upwardly extending wires on the front, said rings being in substantially a horizontal ,plane, the adjacent wires of the loops at the center being bent laterally and returned with a reverse bend to forni a pair of wings, the

ends of the wires being secured toge her at the center portion. of the wings, a panel attached to the front wires and to the up er and lower rings, a pair of pins attache to the panel, the points of the pins being adapted to engage the points of a collar, the upwardly extending wires at the back being under tension to engage a necktie threaded through said rings.

9. A necktie fastener structure tapered from one end toward the opposite end, said structure having an opening in the back with a gate pivoted to one side of said opening to form a closure for said opening, means to hold the gate in" its closed position, said opening and closing gate Q facilitatin fittin the ends of a necktie I through the tubu ar structure, wings con-v nected to the upper portion of the tubular structure and adapted to fit adjacent the neckband of a collar, and pins secured to the tubular structure to engage the underside of the collar, I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LEE ROY ROBERTS. 4

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